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Is there any recent reviews comparing water to air?

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Slik

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It seems like the latest heatsink reviews that are available are these three:

http://benchmarkreviews.com/in...=view&id=371&Itemid=62

http://www.frostytech.com/arti...?articleid=2455&page=4

http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=917

The only water block review I could find is this one:

http://www.madshrimps.be/?acti...tpage=4334&articID=959

As I ask on the title of the topic though, is there any review that provides of a good comparison of socket 1366 compatible water blocks and heatsinks?

Either way, with how much heatsinks have improved what is the average improvement in temperature you'll get from switching from a high end heatsink to watercooling priced around high 200's to low 300s?
I'm guessing it's around 5-10c these days?

Alternatively could someone provide temperature improvements in their own experience going from a high end heatsink to watercooling?

If temperatures lowered 5-10c or even stayed the same as a high end cooler, how would the room temperature be affected? This is if the radiator was installed externally.
If heat was dissipated more effectively this way instead of staying bottled up in a case, I'm assuming the temperature of the room should be lower than on standard air cooling.

Last question would be what combination of watercooling parts for that budget can you recommend? If anything a specific part that you think is a must regardless of budget would work too. :evil:
 
water vs air is very hard to answer.

The delta can be great, or small depending on heat load.

If the heat load is small, then having something thats more efficient wont be as efficient.

But if you have a large heat load, then that difference will be significant.

The largest difference you'll see on water is most likely when you watercool your gpu's.
On average you'll see half your normal load temps. 😛
 
Originally posted by: aigomorla
water vs air is very hard to answer.

The delta can be great, or small depending on heat load.

If the heat load is small, then having something thats more efficient wont be as efficient.

But if you have a large heat load, then that difference will be significant.

The largest difference you'll see on water is most likely when you watercool your gpu's.
On average you'll see half your normal load temps. 😛
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Good advice there.
 
Wow, I didn't think GPU temps would improve that drastically; that's very impressive.

Another question would be how does the water cooling system turn on when the computer does?
Is the pump is connected via a 4 prong molex cable so that it's powered when the system turns on?
 
Originally posted by: Slik
Wow, I didn't think GPU temps would improve that drastically; that's very impressive.

Another question would be how does the water cooling system turn on when the computer does?
Is the pump is connected via a 4 prong molex cable so that it's powered when the system turns on?
Click to expand...

12v pumps can run directly off the PSU making it easy. 24VDC as well as AC (line voltage) pumps will need a relay.
 
Regarding room temperature, nothing you do (short of trading for lower heat parts) will change that. No matter what sort of water/air setup you have, your computer will always be dumping the same XXX watts of heat in the room. The only thing you can do to reduce that is to duct the exhaust outside, which is kinda outlandish 😉
 
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